[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 505 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 505

 Commending the University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning 
  the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I 
                        Basketball Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2008

Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Stevens) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning 
  the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I 
                        Basketball Championship.

Whereas, on April 7, 2008, the University of Kansas men's basketball team won 
        its third NCAA Division I Basketball Championship and fifth national 
        title with its 75-68 overtime win over the University of Memphis--on the 
        twentieth anniversary of the historic win by the team led by Danny 
        Manning known as ``Danny and the Miracles'';
Whereas with this win the Jayhawks achieved a school record for all-time season 
        wins, posting a 37-3 win-loss record during their run for the title, and 
        finished the season with a thirteen-game winning streak, securing the 
        Big XII Conference Championship title after starting the season with a 
        twenty-game undefeated record, in addition to the 2008 NCAA Division I 
        men's basketball crown;
Whereas Head Coach Bill Self improved his all-time record at Kansas to 142-32 
        and 12-4 in the tournament assisted by a miraculous last-minute three-
        point shot by guard Mario Chalmers;
Whereas Kansas guard Mario Chalmers was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player of 
        the Final Four and was named to the all-tournament team along with 
        guards Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur;
Whereas each player, coach, trainer, and manager dedicated his or her time and 
        effort to ensuring that the Kansas Jayhawks reached their goal of 
        capturing a national championship; and
Whereas the families of the players, students, alumni, and faculty of the 
        University of Kansas, and all the supporters of the University of 
        Kansas, are to be congratulated for their commitment to, and pride in, 
        the basketball program at the University: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the University of Kansas men's basketball team 
        for winning the 2008 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship;
            (2) recognizes the achievements of all of the players, 
        coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping the 
        University of Kansas men's basketball team win its third NCAA 
        Division I Basketball Championship and fifth national 
        championship; and
            (3) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
        transmit enrolled copies of this resolution to--
                    (A) the University of Kansas for appropriate 
                display;
                    (B) the Chancellor of the University of Kansas, 
                Robert Hemenway;
                    (C) the Athletic Director of the University of 
                Kansas, Lew Perkins; and
                    (D) the Head Coach of the University of Kansas 
                men's basketball team, Bill Self.
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